drumstick
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- noun
- /ˈdrʌmˌstɪk/
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muslo
- We're going to be consuming drumsticks from the following establishments, Popeyes, KFC, churches, Roscoe's, the grocery store, and Bojangles.
- chicken drumsticks
- turkey drumsticks
- fried drumsticks
No, no, no, we, we ate the drumstick.
- No, no, no, we, we ate the drumstick.
- First up, from Hops chicken, the fried chicken drumsticks, the drumsticks.
- I, I have AI wouldn't mind my kid necessarily eating a whole drumstick.
- Yes, And I think legs, drumstick, you know, but wings, I feel like it's something that you have at a sports bar.
- That's a lot of like pretzels, those Turkey drumstick legs.
Examples
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Yet after the service, he ate three chicken drumsticks and two helpings of whipped potatoes.
Fiction book (1996) -
Americans will eat more turkey breasts and turkey drumsticks on Thursday than on any other day of the year.
Blog text (1) -
You save a drumstick for me for later, will you?
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I picked up a drumstick and took a bite.
Fiction book (2002) -
We, uh, saved you some drumsticks.
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Arkady noticed that the entire table was elbow-to-elbow with people hoisting drumsticks, ribs, pretzels, and golden beers.
Fiction book (1992) -
Can you fathom a towering volcano of mashed potatoes, deep-fried chicken drumsticks, topped with corn and erupting with gravy?
Blog text (16) -
Hassan bit into a drumstick that was clearly too pink near the bone.
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Slice meat from turkey breast and thighs and arrange with drumsticks on a large platter.
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Yet after the service, he ate three chicken drumsticks and two helpings of whipped potatoes.
Synonyms
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Meat from the thigh or hind part of an animal
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The lower part of a chicken that people eat
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The lower part of a turkey that people cook and eat
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The lower part of a turkey's leg that people cook and eat
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The lower part of a chicken's leg that people cook and eat
Compounds
- Indian
A tropical tree with thin leaves and long seed pods you can eat and use in traditional medicine
How Meaty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drumstick for food was named because the bird's lower leg looks like the small drumstick used on a drum, like a 'stick' with meat on it. That's why a drumstick means the meaty lower leg of a chicken or turkey.